"parking!"
"Go to the underground factory at No. 13 Hualin Street in the Ugly District!"
After finding out where Watson was, Gu Moli got into a taxi and sped in that direction. He originally wanted a police car to pick him up, but for some reason, after he made the request, the police directly rejected his request.
That doesn't make sense.
Logically speaking, his identity should be a consulting detective invited by the police. However, when he proposed a reasonable suggestion to find another consulting detective to discuss the case, the police actually rejected him with the absurd excuse that someone needed to protect the crime scene.
Protecting the scene isn't so bad that you can't even tell a police car apart, right
This strangeness gave Gu Moli a bad feeling in his heart. If the police deliberately rejected him, then his guess would be more likely to come true.
I don't have time to care about the locked room murder case.
If I guessed correctly, Watson is in danger now!
Sitting in the taxi, Gu Moli urged the driver to speed up while quickly flipping through the documents in his hand. This was all the information about twelve different cases in Sheti City, including the suspects' information, as well as the information of four consulting detectives including himself.
Birthday, life experience, achievements, financial assets... ..
Gu Moli's eyes swept across all the information, and in his hand he held the refreshing pipe, one of the novice equipment, and then put it to his lips and pretended to take a puff.
Soon a system prompt appeared.
The special skill of the Awakening Pipe is activated: a flash of inspiration!
You got the inspiration!
This is an unprecedented and wonderful experience.
It was as if even time had slowed down. The movements of pedestrians and vehicles outside the car window gradually slowed down. The surrounding images gradually turned black and white, and finally disappeared. In their place was a pitch-black virtual space. One clue after another passed by in front of my eyes like a virtual light screen.
Twelve murders in Sheti City.
Twelve cases occurred in different urban areas.
Four famous detectives risk their reputations to determine who is the strongest detective.
The condition for release is to solve at least three cases.
In the previous murder case in the hospital, I found out that the deceased's cell phone could actually contact me... ..
At least three cases were solved.
There are four famous detectives in total...
Twelve events, three cases, four detectives, Sheti City, the locations of the events are respectively in Zi District, Chou District, Chen District... ..
In the dark virtual space, Gu Moli's eyes quickly scanned all the information, removing meaningless information and marking all the details. It was like doing a cloze test, setting an ultimate question, and then filling in the clues obtained to find the only solution with the most perfect logic.
boom!
As if it were the sound of a huge bell, Gu Moli's whole body suddenly leaned back, and the dark virtual space disappeared instantly. In the blink of an eye, he was back in the taxi. The sounds outside the window rushed into his ears, making him a little dizzy, but a smile appeared on Gu Moli's face.
"I see."
"This damn game, a showdown between famous detectives."
“It’s so funny!”
... ... ... ... ...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Deafening gunshots echoed in the empty underground factory. Three consecutive flashes of scorching flames flashed by, but failed to hit their targets. The empty bullets bounced off the equipment in the underground factory several times and were deeply embedded in the concrete wall of the underground factory.
Watson covered her shoulder while running in the underground factory, using the darkness of the underground factory to avoid the flying bullets. However, the severe pain in her shoulder and the oozing blood still made her grit her teeth involuntarily and reveal an angry look.
Damn it.
I didn't expect that he would disguise himself as a delivery boy to deal with me. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and dodged the initial attack, otherwise I would have been eliminated like the Ferris wheel.
While Forward was thinking quickly, the voice of the delivery boy came over: "Forward, how long do you want to escape? You have already lost this game."
"Lose?"
"What a joke! You, a guy who wins by killing other players, don't deserve to talk about winning or losing! It's you, right? You're the invincible bastard!"
“… … ..”
After hearing Watson's roar, the delivery boy was silent for a moment, then quietly took off the helmet that had been covering half of his face, revealing an invincible face.
As he did this, even the names of the players that were originally hidden appeared.
Invincible
Watson's guess was correct.
but.
"Believe it or not, I didn't kill Ferris. It was the other way around. He wanted to kill me."
"hehe!"
"You mean he wanted to kill you, but you killed him instead? Do you think I will believe you?"
"... ..It doesn't matter."
There was a glimmer of struggle in Tianxia Wudi's eyes, but he soon became firm.
He wasn't lying.
In fact, he was indeed attacked by the Ferris wheel, and the other party tried to strangle him to death in the monitoring room, but when he was about to be strangled to death...
A "miracle" happened.
Thanks to this, Tianxia Wudi also understood the real victory conditions of this game.
That's why he took action.
"This game has a time limit. It is impossible to break the conditions. So instead of everyone dying together, it is better for one person to survive!"
"So Ful Watson! Stop running away!"
"Bullshit!"
"Only a fool would not run away!"
Another flash of fire appeared, but Watson dodged them one by one with his agility.
"Beretta 92F, there are fifteen bullets in total. I have already fired six. It will take at least one bullet to destroy the Ferris wheel. Conservatively speaking, there are eight bullets left..."
“Damn it.”
There are four players in this game.
Everyone has special novice equipment. Tianxia Wudi got a Beretta pistol, Gu Moli got a detective cane and a refreshing pipe, and the equipment that Ferris Wheel got became a secret because of his withdrawal. As for Fulwasen herself, what she got was not actually an item.
But skills.
... ... ... ... ... ..
Basic fighting skills
Quality: Rare
Attack +30, Speed +30, Defense +30, Constitution +30, Skill +0, Mystic +0
Equipment requirements: Skill F
Features: Attacks have a 5% chance of triggering a severe injury effect
Amateur fighter: You are already one of the best among ordinary people.
... ... ... ... ... ..
With it, Fulwasen was able to deal with Tianxia Wudi. Besides, there were both basic and advanced fighting skills. If considered from a long-term perspective, the novice gift package she got was undoubtedly the best. But unfortunately, it seemed a little insufficient at this stage.
"what to do?"
"It would be great if I could get in touch with that Fireworks That Get Cold Easily..."
"... If this continues, I will really die..."
Watson gritted her teeth. She had remained calm until now, but the situation was too bad. It was good enough that she could remain calm. As for how to break the deadlock, she had no idea. In addition, the pain in her shoulder and the weakness caused by excessive blood loss made her more and more anxious.
On the other side, Tianxia Wudi seemed very calm.
“Give it up.”
"You can't beat me."
“Nonsense.”
Watson retorted, "It's just that I completed two cases. When you wanted to kill me, maybe Fireworks Yi Leng would have almost completed the third case. By then, everything you did would be meaningless and you would still lose!"
"hehe."
Tianxia Wudi smiled indifferently: "It's useless. Even if he solves three cases, he can't escape the game. Didn't I say before that the conditions for escaping this game are impossible to achieve? Killing each other is the only condition for winning the game."
"What!?"
Watson looked puzzled. What did this bastard mean
Impossible to complete without conditions
Why
What is the problem here... ..
Bang! The sudden loud noise once again interrupted Fort Watson's thoughts and made Tianxia Wudi alert. He immediately turned his gun towards the gate of the underground factory, where a beam of dazzling sunlight shone in from the door like a sharp sword that pierced through all the darkness.
"I don't know your real name so I'll just tell you straight out. Invincible, right?"
"... ... Fireworks fade quickly?"
Tianxia Wudi frowned, and a few drops of cold sweat dripped down his face: "You should be... "
"You're working on a case, right?"
Gu Moli interrupted Tianxia Wudi directly and said, "After seeing your information, I understand that you should also know the real conditions for leaving this game. But from your behavior, I know that you haven't seen through the second truth behind this game, otherwise you wouldn't think of killing people."
"... ... ... "
This time, Tian Xia Wu Di was silent for a longer time, and then he slowly said: "You know?"
"I guess I have deduced it."
"impossible."
Tian Xia Wu Di directly denied it: "You have no memory, and no one reminded you, how could you know the truth about this game?"
At this moment, Watson, who had remained silent since Gu Moli appeared, finally couldn't help it.
"the truth?"
"What are you talking about? What truth?"
"The truth of the game, of course."
Gu Moli had no intention of hiding anything at this point, so he revealed everything before Tianxia Wudi did:
"Think about it carefully."
"Four detectives, the condition for leaving is to solve three cases."
"It's not a cooperative game, but a competitive game. Among all the players, only one can stand out. But according to this setting, if each player solves three of the twelve cases, wouldn't everyone be able to escape unscathed? This doesn't fit the setting of a competitive game at all."
Hearing this, Fulwasen seemed to understand: "So..."
"so!"
“The essence of the whole game is to get out of the condition!”
"The three cases mentioned in the conditions of departure are not ordinary cases, but three cases involving the other three detectives besides myself!"
"This is a game where the detective's reputation is at stake!"
"Four detectives, from four districts of Sheti City, each committed a crime and hid it among twelve other cases in order to determine who is the strongest detective. Only by uncovering the cases and the truth committed by the other three detectives can they truly escape the game!"
“This is the true meaning of this game!”
"Four detectives? No no no, you, me, the four players are all playing murderers!"